Maple Leafs' security had to help disable Pare's social media account after receiving abusive messages.
Maple Leafs' security had to help disable Pare's social media account after receiving abusive messages.
The social media discourse over what took place during the Toronto Maple Leafs' pre-season game against the Montreal Canadiens apparently reached an uinfortunate peak.
After an incident in which Maple Leafs forward Cedric Pare and Montreal Canadiens' forward Patrik Laine resulted in knee-on-knee contact and an injury to Laine, there comes word that the Maple Leafs' security team had to step in and get involved.
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"I'm told that the Toronto Maple Leafs security group had to intervene and disable Pare's social media accounts based on death threats and abusive comments directed at him," TSN's Darren Dreger said on Insider Trading on Thursday.
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Pare spoke after the incident, speaking to TSN's Mark Masters saying he didn't intent to injure the Habs forward.
Laine revealed on on Thursday that Pare texted out to him to see if he was ok. and admitted he could have done things to avoid the injury.
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The good news for Laine is the injury isn't as bad as it looks and he's slated to miss a few months due to a knee sprain and will not require surgery.
Pare took part in Toronto's 2-0 win against the Detroit Red Wings in pre-season action on Thursday and remains in camp.
The Leafs signed Pare to a one-year, two-way contract on July 2.
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